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Horse Breeding
Breeding horses is the root of the horse industry, be it racing, show jumping, or just for the purpose of seeing the miracle of birth from the mare[s] that you own. Knowing how to breed horses and foal out mares, among other things that are involved in the topic of horse reproduction is important and can be asked and answered here.
858 Questions
Is it true or false homozygous organisms are true-breeding for a particular trait?
True for the most part, if you breed two homozygous animals then it's a 50/50 chance of the offspring breeding true to one parent. If you breed a Homozygous animal and a heterozygous animal then the homozygous animal will breed true at least 90% of the time.
What do you do when a horse is giving birth?
You'll know that a mare is having trouble foaling if she lies down and strains hard for more than half an hour with no sign of her labour progressing. If your mare is having difficulty the most likely reason is that the foal is not presenting the right way. A vet is trained to deal with malpresentations, and it is very difficult for a layperson to fix them.
If you can't afford to call a vet, I hate to be blunt but you shouldn't be keeping horses, let alone breeding them. If the vet can't come or is a long way away, you need to try to help the mare because you may lose mare and foal if you don't intervene. Tip some disinfectant in a bucket and disinfect your arm. Tie the mare's hind feet together so that she can't kick you and feel inside her vagina.
If the cervix is open, try to find the foal. If you can feel a head, it's facing the wrong way. The head should be lying on the front legs, which normally stretch out along the vagina. If the front legs are folded back, the chances of the mare being able to foal are very limited. You will need to disinfect some string. Slide your hand back along the foal's leg and tie the cloth around the pastern. Leave the end of the string hanging out of the vagina, and ask somebody to pull firmly on it while you push the head back into the uterus. This pulls the legs around and after that the mare may be able to foal normally.
If you can feel a tail, the foal is presenting breech. Most mares can deliver a breech foal unless it has its legs back - use the string around the pastern again, and this time push back on the hock to pull the leg around. If the foal's head is back, this is a virtually impossible presentation. You can try to pull it around, but often this won't work.
The only thing you could try would be to shove the foal as far back as you can because there is more room to try to move the head in the uterus than past the cervix. If the foal is jammed or presenting sideways, shove it back as far as you can and then try to realign it so that it can come out normally. In a small mare where the foal is stuck or too large to fit through her pelvis, there is nothing you can do except a caesarean operation, which is obviously a job for the vet.
If nothing has any effect and the vet is several hours away and the mare is obviously suffering, it might be a case to make the very difficult decision to put the mare down. Equine obstetrics involving head-back, stuck foal, sideways presentation or coiled breech usually require either expert handling or a caesarean operation. If you have to shoot the mare, there is a chance that you may be able to save the foal. Cut through the skin of the flank. The uterus should be the largest organ and will bulge into the cut. It would probably be possible to remove the foal.
When a mare has trouble foaling, it means that something is wrong. It's a job for the vet. All of these above methods are LAST RESORT ONLY. If there is a choice between shooting the mare and trying to foal her, that's when you try something like this without expert assistance.
How many kinds of ways can you give horses cereal?
its better not to feed your horse cereal, sticking with hay- grass and a grain meant for horses will help him stay healthy.
Mares are usually pregnant 320 - 360 days. A foal can become post-mature before reaching the 360 day mark. When a foal is post-mature, he begins to weaken as the placenta cannot support him properly.
What happens when you breed a small stallion to a tall mare?
You could have several possibilities. A small, tall or in between sized horse. It mainly has to do with genetic coding in the womb and once the foal is born the nutrition and care it receives.
What is the geststion period for a horse?
"Gestation" means length of pregnancy, or rather how long a female horse, being a mare, carries a foal, from conception (mating with stallion) to birth.
Gestation for a horse is typically 310 days, which is generally considered the lowest number of days to produce a viable foal, without special care/veterinary treatment. However a mare can be pregnant up to 370 days...with 340-345 days the norm.
Will a mare come in heat at any time?
Normally, yes. My mare is always super fresh when she goes into it. However, I actually don't mind it much because it is a good excuse to not work on our barrel racing and switch to discipline. I feel like my mare going into heat is an opportunity for me to work on her respecting me and my control of her because she is more hyped up then normal.
How long after a foal leaves the mare before milk dries up?
Most mares will dry off within several weeks to a month. Some never dry completely. Some that are apparently dry will produce milk again if the foal goes back to nursing. As a general rule keeping the foal from the mare (and if she's a mare that will nurse anything, keeping her away from other foals) for several months is enough. I have however seen 2 and 3 year old foals go back to nursing their mothers. In addition, if the foal is a colt and is more than 6 months old he should be gelded before returning to his mother after weaning as they can be fertile as youngs as 7-8 months of age and have no qualms about who they breed.
Are horses bred to be slaughtered for their meat?
Well, it's illegal in the U.S.,( it shouldn't be) but in Mexico (where most of the slaughtering takes place) They shoot it in the head and let the blood drain out, they also hang it upside down and stab it to let the blood drain.
Is it possible to get pregnant from a horse?
Yes a mare can be pregnant and nurse at the exact same time. Typically in domestic situations the foal is weaned when it is four to six months of age, but in feral and wild situations a foal may continue to nurse until it's dam weans it at anywhere from six months to almost a year old. So long as the mare has adequate nutrition it will not cause any problems.
A bull is a bovine and a mare is a horse. Your question makes no sense.
Another Answer:It depends on what part of the word "dangerous" you are referring to. Are you asking is it dangerous for the mare or dangerous for the bull?
From the gist that I'm getting from the question asked, I have to say yes, especially for the bull, as he could get injured if he keeps trying to breed her. Please do these two animals a favour by completely separating them from each other.
Additionally, though I have no idea what kind of other animals you have on your farm, if you have the bull because you only have one or two cows, do yourself (and even the mare) a favour by considering selling him. That bull is most likely attempting to mount the mare because he is sexually frustrated that he doesn't have a large number of cows to breed with. One bull can be used to cover from 10 to 50 cows or heifers in one breeding season: this means that cattle are polygamous, not mono- nor bigamous. If he isn't given the opportunity to release his pent-up sexual energy by being with his girls for a few months to breed as many of them as he can in that period, then he will find other ways to release his frustration and attempt to breed other animals like your mare, or break out of his enclosure and go in search of other cows that are requesting his services.
Bulls can also be very dangerous, and cost more (especially in feed and mineral) to keep than it costs to keep a couple of cows around and breed them via AI. (AI is an alternative and completely harmless to having a bull around, especially if you only have one or two cows around.) It's also not worth anything by keeping a bull around as a "pet" (bulls are actually the worst kind of pet you can have) if you have no cows to speak of and if he's causing more trouble than he's worth. If that is the case, then consider selling him to someone who can make better use of him.
If you can't or don't want to get rid of the bull for whatever reason you have, be it that you're keeping him because you are some sort of farm sanctuary, or you cannot get any local artificial insemination technicians out to provide regular breeding services to your cow[s] (or don't wish to have your cows serviced via AI because you believe it "cruel" and "unnatural," the former which is not and the latter is), then keep the bull and your horse separate from each other permanently. I would also strongly recommend you consider the future of this bull from what I mentioned to you above if he is causing more trouble than just trying to perform interspecies coitus.
What breed of horse is a windsor gray?
Windsor Greys are not a specific breed of horse but are rather a name applied to a group of horses that are specially bred and selected according to appearance and temperament for the ceremonial duties of the British Monarchy.
What is a female horse that has been 'spayed' called?
A male horse that has been gelded (nuetered) is called a gelding.
If your mare is about to give birth what should you do?
You should take your dog to the vet. That's the best thing to do.Unless you want it to give birth in your home , get some blankets and some warm Luke water.When the pup comes out get the pup and with a blanket take off the blood and wet it just a little with the Luke water.Then put it back with the mother.
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How many minutes does it take for a horse to give birth?
A horses pregnancy will last roughly 11 months, or 340 days, but it can range from 320 to 370 days.
The normal gestation period for a horse is approximately 11 months, but may range anywhere from 320 days to a few days over a year.
Horses are usually pregnant for around 11 months.
Why might seclective breeding be used in horses?
To produce a horse with certain qualities. Example: you have a herd of thoroughbred mares and a pair of thoroughbred stallions at your barn. Some mares in your herd are tall, some are medium height, and sOme are super short for a thoroughbred. Say that you want a fast thoroughbred to race. And your taller mares are faster than all the others, and the taller thoroughbred is faster than the shorter one. So you are obviously are going to breed a tall, fast mare with the tall, fast stallion in hopes of producing a foal with this specific quality. (speed)
Why does a stallion refuse a new mare?
The mare may have a caslicks. The stallion may be large or starting to flower a bit which will make it difficult for him to penetrate especially if she is small.
Mare may be tall and not breaking down so that the stallion cannot reach her effectively.
How soon will a mare come in heat after having a colt?
They are generally bred back 10 days after foaling
How long does a foal nurse from its mother?
The length of time that a pony foal will nurse depends on the living situation of the pony mare. If the mare lives on a busy breeding farm the foal will likely only be able to nurse up until the fourth to sixth month of age as it will be manually weaned by a human. If the mare is allowed to keep the foal at her side without human interference in the weaning process the foal could nurse up until it is a year old before the mare would naturally wean it off her.
When is a good time to breed a mare after foaling?
Well, I really think that you should wait around 9-12 months before breeding that mare again. Breeding is very stressful and it should NOT be close together. So, just wait 9-12 because that is also giving the foal time to get weaned off the mare's milk.
How long will it be before you to know when a horse is pregnant?
A veterinarian can ultrasound a mare at 14 days post ovulation and be able to determine if a mare is
pregnant. An experienced veterinarian can palpate a mare that has not returned to heat post breeding (at 25 plus days) and be able to feel the conceptus. A laboratory based blood test can be done for around 100 dollars and there are also home based urine tests that can detect a pregnancy in a mare that is approximately 40-120 days in foal and another if the mare from a 120 days in foal. The urine based tests were developed in New Zealand.
When is a does a mare go into heat?
A mare will usually enter estrus (heat) for the first time at around age 1. Mares are seasonally poly-estrus, which means they come into heat (or season) in the spring and cycle approximately every 21 days until the fall.
There's no real time when a horse is too old, but usually a mare will stop conceiving or will abort the foal if she can't carry it for some reason. Most mares stop breeding in their early 20s.
